Post by Mighty Darci on Aug 18, 2018 12:26:42 GMT -5
This blogger did an Appendix N for Sci Fi (Circa 1980s) post from Star Frontiers back in 2010 which I am reproducing the TSR list here.
What can we add to this list?
D&D had it's Appendix N--it's suggested reading for further inspiration--which was loaded with Sword & Sorcery classics from the pulp era and beyond. Grognardia has done a wonderful job of highlighting those books. I wondered if TSR's Star Frontiers had an equivalent a while back while I was flipping through the manuals I'd bought off eBay. Low and behold--it did! Though it wasn't an official appendix, it was listed under the title "READING FOR FUN AND IDEAS". The list is filled with great stuff, but its also dated.
Following are the titles listed on the back cover of the Expanded Game Rules, from the first printing of July 1982:
Following are the titles listed on the back cover of the Expanded Game Rules, from the first printing of July 1982:
NON-FICTION:
Asimov, Isaac—Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Bylinsky, Gene—Life in Darwin's Universe
Dole, Robert—Habitable Planets for Man
Feinberg, Gerald and Robert Shapiro—Life Beyond Earth: An Intelligent Earthling's Guide to Life in the Universe
FICTION
Anthony, Piers—Macroscope
Anderson, Poul—Ensign Flandry series
Asimov, Isaac—Foundation trilogy: I, Robot; The Gods Themselves
Aspirin, Robert—The Cold-Cash War
Bester, Alfred—The Stars, My Destination
Blish, James—Cities in Flight
Bradbury, Ray—The Martian Chronicles
Brown, Frederick—What Mad Universe
Brunner, John—Stand on Zanzibar
Budrys, Algis—Rogue Moon
Chandler, Bertram A.—Commodore Grimes series
Clarke, Arthur C.—Rendezvous with Rama; The Fountains of Paradise
Clement, Hal—Mission of Gravity; Close to Critical; The Nitrogen Fix
de Camp, L. Sprague—Krishna series
Dick, Philip K.—Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dickson, Gordon R.—Dorsai series
Drake, David—Hammer's Slammers
Farmer, Philip Jose—Riverworld series
Garrett, Randall—Starship Death
Goulart, Ron—many short novels
Haldeman, Joe—The Forever War
Hansen, Karl—War Games
Harrison, Harry—Bill, The Galactic Hero; The Stainless Steel Rat; Deathworld series
Heinlein, Robert—Starship Troopers; The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Herbert, Frank—Dune series
Laumer, Keith—A Plague of Demons; Retief series; Bolo series
LeGuin, Ursula—The Left Hand of Darkness
Lem, Stanislaw—Solaris; The Cyberiad
Longyear, Barry—Circus World
Niven, Larry—Ringworld; Ringworld Engineers; Tales of Known Space
Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle—The Mote in God's Eye
Norton, Andre—Star Rangers
Pohl, Frederick—Gateway
Pournelle, Jerry—The Mercenary
Russel, Eric Frank—The Great Explosion
Saberhagen, Fred—Berserker series
Silverberg, Robert—The Man in the Maze
Simak, Clifford D.—City
Smith, E. E.—Triplanetary; Space Patrol; others in the Lensmen series
Stapleton, Olaf—Last and First Men
Vance, Jack—Big Planet; The Grey Prince; Tschai, Planet of Adventure series; Demon Princes series
Van Vogt, A. E.—The Weapons Shops of Isher; The Silkie; Voyage of the Space Beagle
Varley, John—The Persistence of Vision
Zelazny, Roger—Lord of Light
Asimov, Isaac—Extraterrestrial Civilizations
Bylinsky, Gene—Life in Darwin's Universe
Dole, Robert—Habitable Planets for Man
Feinberg, Gerald and Robert Shapiro—Life Beyond Earth: An Intelligent Earthling's Guide to Life in the Universe
FICTION
Anthony, Piers—Macroscope
Anderson, Poul—Ensign Flandry series
Asimov, Isaac—Foundation trilogy: I, Robot; The Gods Themselves
Aspirin, Robert—The Cold-Cash War
Bester, Alfred—The Stars, My Destination
Blish, James—Cities in Flight
Bradbury, Ray—The Martian Chronicles
Brown, Frederick—What Mad Universe
Brunner, John—Stand on Zanzibar
Budrys, Algis—Rogue Moon
Chandler, Bertram A.—Commodore Grimes series
Clarke, Arthur C.—Rendezvous with Rama; The Fountains of Paradise
Clement, Hal—Mission of Gravity; Close to Critical; The Nitrogen Fix
de Camp, L. Sprague—Krishna series
Dick, Philip K.—Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dickson, Gordon R.—Dorsai series
Drake, David—Hammer's Slammers
Farmer, Philip Jose—Riverworld series
Garrett, Randall—Starship Death
Goulart, Ron—many short novels
Haldeman, Joe—The Forever War
Hansen, Karl—War Games
Harrison, Harry—Bill, The Galactic Hero; The Stainless Steel Rat; Deathworld series
Heinlein, Robert—Starship Troopers; The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Herbert, Frank—Dune series
Laumer, Keith—A Plague of Demons; Retief series; Bolo series
LeGuin, Ursula—The Left Hand of Darkness
Lem, Stanislaw—Solaris; The Cyberiad
Longyear, Barry—Circus World
Niven, Larry—Ringworld; Ringworld Engineers; Tales of Known Space
Niven, Larry and Jerry Pournelle—The Mote in God's Eye
Norton, Andre—Star Rangers
Pohl, Frederick—Gateway
Pournelle, Jerry—The Mercenary
Russel, Eric Frank—The Great Explosion
Saberhagen, Fred—Berserker series
Silverberg, Robert—The Man in the Maze
Simak, Clifford D.—City
Smith, E. E.—Triplanetary; Space Patrol; others in the Lensmen series
Stapleton, Olaf—Last and First Men
Vance, Jack—Big Planet; The Grey Prince; Tschai, Planet of Adventure series; Demon Princes series
Van Vogt, A. E.—The Weapons Shops of Isher; The Silkie; Voyage of the Space Beagle
Varley, John—The Persistence of Vision
Zelazny, Roger—Lord of Light
What can we add to this list?
